Node Location Selection of Wireless Mesh Networks

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying the pair of available locations as having a line-of-sight wireless link based on the determined distance of the possible obstructions includes identifying the pair of available locations as having the line-of-sight wireless link if the determined distance for the candidate obstructions is greater than a reference radius.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein if the two-dimensional coverage areas do not overlap with the two-dimensional approximation of the line-of-sight between the pair of available locations, then facilitating the identifying the pair of available locations as having the line-of-sight wireless link.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising first selecting node placements for the pair of available locations based on a number of line-of-sight wireless links associated with the pair of available locations.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the first selecting node placements for the pair of available locations that have greater than a threshold number of line-of-sight wireless links.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising the first selecting node placements for the pair of available locations have a greatest number of line-of-sight wireless links.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising the first selecting node placements for the pair of available locations for N of the pair of available locations that have a greatest number of line-of-sight wireless links.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising deploying the wireless mesh network comprising placing nodes of the wireless mesh network at the first selecting node placements and at the second selecting node placements.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the identify the pair of available locations as having the line-of-sight wireless link based on the determined distance of the possible obstructions includes identifying the pair of available locations as having the line-of-sight wireless link if the determined distance for the candidate obstructions is greater than a reference radius.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein if the two-dimensional coverage areas do not overlap with the two-dimensional approximation of the line-of-sight between the pair of available locations, then facilitating the identify the pair of available locations as having the line-of-sight wireless link.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the system server operating further operates to first select node placements for the pair of available locations based on a number of line-of-sight wireless links associated with the pair of available locations.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the system server operating further operates to first select node placements for the pair of available locations that have greater than a threshold number of line-of-sight wireless links.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the system server operating further operates to first select node placements for the pair of available locations that have a greatest number of line-of-sight wireless links.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the system server operating further operates to first select node placements for the pair of available locations for N of the pair of available locations that have a greatest number of line-of-sight wireless links.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the system server operating further operates to deploy the wireless mesh network comprising placing nodes of the wireless mesh network at the first select node placements and at the second select node placements.